2013 Edition. With an increase of the 30% in the number of attendees (from 674 to 1012 participation), M2M Forum confirmed his status of European most important exhibition devoted to the machine-to-machine communication and Internet of Things . A leadership strengthened by a planning every year more international of the event, that this year saw 124 attendees from 12 foreign countries ( From Argentina to Switzerland passing through Austria, France, Germany, Japan, UK, Serbia, Spain…) and the participation of two official delegation: Turkey and Azerbaijan.
On the occasion of the 13th edition of M2M FORUM, we offer you the chance to attend the exclusive meeting M2M+ Industry Summit (co-located, 19th-20th May). A two days conference with the specific aim of exploring the new horizons of M2M/IoT.
Discover details, speakers profiles and the conference agenda on www.m2mplusforum.comM2M FORUM registrants will receive a promo code to purchase discounted tickets!

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The same international participation was found among the sponsors, exhibitors and partners that were 68, the 40% of which were foreign, with two collective from France and Sweden, whereas 7 out of 15 endorsing institutions were international. The main sponsors of M2M Forum have been: Oracle, Telecom Italia, Telit and Vodafone, while the sponsors were: Abo Data, Cambium Network, Concept Reply, Ericsson, Gemalto, Huawei, Oberthur Technologies, Sigfox, ST Microlectronics, Windows Embedded, Microsoft Innovation
Center and ISMB. In this 2013 Edition, the strong point of M2M was the quality of the update offered by the over 100
speakers of the conference sessions with presentations ranging from the market analysis with its trends , the m2m applications for Smart Grid and the remote-control, to the perspective of the use of White Spaces for wireless communications.
The news of this edition was the “premium” M2M + that is the first step for an international “roadshow” that will see this event inside important ICT exhibitions in China, Russia and India. In addition there was the real business, represented by the over 100 direct meetings between supply and demand organized by EEN-Innovhub. For this reason, it is not a surprise that international companies
choose the M2M Forum to present and launch world-wide their products. This year was the time of the Swedish Possio (www.possio.com) that presented a secure and traceable scanning and shipping system for digitalized documents with coded wireless connection. M2M Forum is also partner of M2M Challenge, the most important international contest that rewards the
best M2M applications and solutions ant that held the2013/2014 edition kick- off during the Forum.

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M2M Forum is the International leading conference & expo displaying business matching, one-2-one meetings and networking in the machine-to-machine and Internet of Things scenario. A comprehensive Free Conference Program features international case histories and experiences in the Energy & Smart Grid market.

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A datum point for a selected target of C-level from user companies, Public Utilities, Public Administration and carriers, as for M2M and IoT start-ups willing to link to potential Venture Capitals through networking & business matching.

2013 Edition counts more then 1000 visitors and about 70 exhibitors.

2014 M2M Edition will be held in co-location with M2M+ Industry Summit, the Italian stage of the worldwide most innovative conference that will take place also in China, Russia.

Sponsoring

The event brings together worldwide professionals and like-minded executives in the M2M and IoT arena. Target audience includes C-levels from End-users companies, Public Utilities, Public Administration and Carriers. Benefit from high-quality engagements with top level decision makers to expand your business.

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Take the opportunity of an intense marketing & communication campaign to launch new services and solutions internationally.

Meet prospective clients, and develop new partnerships

Matchmaking: targeted business meetings provide an outlook on the market requirements

Explore Italy as pioneer country and leader in M2M and IoT industry like automotive and metering

Remote control and remote management of plants for energy micro/co-generation and distribution (including electric cars recharging).

New special conference session on M2M technologies and solutions focused on energy storage for smart grid and power generation and long-life-batteries for remote M2M applications .

Inside the expo areathree thematic areas “live” will be created, with the help of specialized partners: [smart home] , [smart lighting] and [smart recharging] where “hands-on” presentations of M2M solutions together with related equipment (home appliances, lamps, columns recharge, etc.) could be made.

Vertical Focus

CLOUD OF THINGSIn the global market cloud is becoming the standard solution. Also the M2M world starts using this strategic approach. Since last edition M2M FORUM features a specific conference session to present the first M2M applications in the Cloud.

SMART CITY
M2M solutions as primary tools for smart cities implementations and next steps forward. Institutions, Companies and Media will discuss future scenarios to improve technologies and interconnections in a wider frame as Expo 2015.

Special workshop focused on SIM Cards into M2M applications with high features – vibrations endurance, temperature and humidity, duration, small footprint adapting to industrial manufacturing processes for M2M products.

SATELLITE M2MSatellite services offer true global connectivity regardless of device location and could be the only solution for worldwide fleet and asset tracking. M2M Forum conference includes a specialized workshop on satellite solutions.

DEVICE MANAGEMENTM2M devices outnumber mobile devices by an order of billions. Remote device management and provisioning of all these M2M devices will be a critical aspect to support this tremendous growth opportunity M2M Forum will offer a vertical workshop on device management opportunities and problems for M2M

M2M+ Industry Summit

M2M Forum will be held in co-location with M2M + Industry Summit

High level conferences examining important international case histories are the main features of the event.
The specific purpose of the initiative is to explore the new horizons of the M2M world and the latest applications of this technology.